Build a Team 17.0 Rules and Discussion Thread

[bishnykfan]

PLEASE USE THIS THREAD FOR ALL BUILD A TEAM DISCUSSIONS

DRAFT BEGINS SUNDAY JANUARY 15th at 12PM EST

RULES

DRAFT

- The draft will be a full 12 round ABBA "snake" style draft that begins on Sunday January 15th at 12:00PM EST. No coaches will be drafted in this version of build a team

- After the draft is complete, we will have a quick "first come first serve" setup where everyone will have an equal shot at Free Agents left to fill out their last 3 spots of their Roster.

- During Rounds 1-4 you will have 6 Hours to make your pick. The countdown starts from the timestamp of the last person who picked before your pick.

- During Rounds 5-8 you will have 4 hours to make your Pick. The countdown starts from the timestamp of the last person who picked before your pick.

- During rounds 9-12 you will have 2 hours to make your Pick. The countdown starts from the timestamp of the last person who picked before your pick.


SKIPPED PICKS

-ALL GM's ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE DRAFT AND ARE EXPECTED TO CHECK INTO THE DRAFT THREAD AT LEAST ONCE PER DAY. IF YOU MISS YOUR PICK IT WILL BE SKIPPED. IF YOUR NEXT PICK COMES UP WHILE YOU HAVE A SKIPPED PICK ON THE BOARD, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY GET SKIPPED AGAIN IN ORDER TO KEEP THE DRAFT MOVING. IF AT ANY TIME, YOU GET A SECOND PICK SKIPPED, YOU WILL BE REPLACED AS GM FROM SOMEONE ON THE WAITING LIST. ALSO IF YOU HAVE A PICK THAT HAS BEEN SKIPPED FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS, THE COMMISH WILL PICK A PLAYER FOR YOU. PLEASE CHECK IN ONCE PER DAY SO THAT THE DRAFT MOVES ALONG AND NO ONE TEAM LOSES TALENT.

-There will be a no skip pick rule in effect between Midnight and 6 am EST. No picks can be skipped during this time. If you are OTC you can make your pick during this time but you won't be skipped if you do not. Once the clock hits 6am the the time stamp starts again. So if your pick in the first 4 rounds is OTC at 9pm (3 hours would pass until the clock stops at midnight). Once 6 am hits you will have additional 3 hours (until 9 am) to make your pick.

We strongly advise people to give there board to people who will be on if they will be away from a computer for hours, to keep the draft moving and avoid getting your pick skipped. Please PM the commish your draft board if you don't think you will be able to make your pick.

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ROSTER

Any player that was/is on a 2016-2017 NBA 15 man roster or any player drafted in the 2016 NBA Draft are eligible to be drafted.

- As long as the selection satisfies the criteria listed you can choose players whose draft rights a team possesses. So you can draft a player drafted in the 2016 NBA draft but who did not play in the NBA yet in the 2016-2017 season but you CANNOT draft a similar player that was drafted in the 2015 NBA draft (for example) who was not added to a teams roster for the 2016-2017 season.

- Each Team may not carry more than 15 players at any given time.

- Players can be cut as soon as the 12 Rounds of drafting are complete.

- Cut Players will have 1 Day of "Waiver Clearing" before they can be picked-up by another team. This is done so that every team has a fair shot at a Cut Player. The countdown to clear "Waivers" begins the moment (timestamp of post) at which the Team that owns that Player cut him.

- Once you cut a Player you cannot rescind it, as the "Paper Work" has already begun.

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TRADES


- Any Draft Pick or Player in the 12 Rounds may be traded at any given time after the 1st Pick is made. BUT, you must send out the same number of Draft Picks/Players you receive.

- During the draft, Salaries in Trades WILL NOT be taken into account. Players can be traded for any other Player regardless of salary difference.

- If the Commish deems a trade too uneven, he will either veto the trade or ask for it to be re-worked.

- No team may trade a 2017 or beyond draft pick at point or in any trade during this process.

EVERY TRADE MUST BE PM'D BY BOTH PARTIES TO THE COMMISH SO HE CAN KEEP TRACK OF PICK NUMBERS IN THE DRAFT THREAD

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ROSTER SPOTS 13-15

-You are not required to take part in this section, unless you want too or your Roster requires you too (based on what is outlined below).

-You can pick no more than 1 player per day of the "auction".

-You don't have to have 15 Players.

- The auction will begin at the conclusion of the draft and will be on a first come first serve basis.

-Any GM/Team that does not have at least 12 "Playable" Players by the time Judging starts and Rosters are locked, will have a Player(s) assigned to them at the Commish's discretion.

-After that, the judging will start.

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Draft Etiquette & Warnings:

- To avoid any possible disputes or contention, once you post your pick you CANNOT change your mind. In the past we've had a few guys post their pick and then try to delete the post and repick. Be aware that there will likely be people watching the threads. Anyone who notices any other GM post a pick and then delete or change it, please point it out and the offending GM will be: a) forced to take the guy he originally pick and b) be given a warning.

- If you fail to make your pick within your time slot for 2 consecutive selections when you are on the clock you will be RELEASED of your duties as GM and your team will be given either to your assistant GM or to someone on the waiting list. This is to make sure that we don't have any dead beat GMs.

- In order for a Trade to be made official both GM's must post in this thread and agree. However, as sometimes one or the other GM may not be able to confirm the trade immediately, please have some decency in going through with the trade if you agreed to it between the two parties. Please don't back out because someone else tried to jump in and offer you a better deal. GMs who are found to have backed out of trades like this will receive a warning.

- Absolute NO NAME DROPPING is allowed except if it's Eddy Curry (a long running BAT tradition). Name dropping involves either publicly naming a player that has yet to be picked (pretty easy to catch) or sending private emails to any other teams GM or assistant GM advising them to draft someone without any trade involving you and the other GM having been agreed upon for that player to be selected (harder to catch but we can tell as it usually comes out). Name dropping includes using any nicknames or acronyms that make it obvious who it it or referencing any trademarks (tattoos, nationality, infamy, etc). This is so that we prevent collusion and make this fair (there will be good GM's and bad GM's). Anyone caught dropping names will receive 1 warning each time a name is dropped.

- The Draft Picks/Trades thread is ONLY for making your pick. Please DO NOT use this thread as a discussion thread (that's what the "Discussion" thread is for). That includes discussions between GM's about trades (again not this thread, discuss trades in the "Discussion" thread!!). No warnings will be given for accidental none pick/trade-confirm posts unless it becomes really excessive from any single GM.

- Any GM with 3 warnings will be RELIEVED of their GM duties and replaced by the assistant GM (if there is one) or someone from the GM waiting list.


JUDGING

- There will be three judges (KnicksTape, swisscheeseD and NoLayupRule) to determine our playoff seeds in each conference and also winners throughout the playoffs after the draft has concluded and the "pimp" pages have been turned in. This is a thankless, time-consuming job. Do not hassle our VOLUNTEER judges!

- This will be a win now draft. Teams are expected to build a team that can compete for the 2016-2017 NBA championship.

[bishnykfan]

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Boston Celtics- BowlRips
Brooklyn Nets- Border Patrol
New York Knicks- IllimaticHandler
Philadelphia 76ers- Bringbackhoffa
Toronto Raptors- AmazingJason

Chicago Bulls- 3eePointGoal
Cleveland Cavaliers- ctorres/3toheadmelo
Detroit Pistons- ezmoney707
Indiana Pacers- JustCame
Milwaukee Bucks- El Poochio

Atlanta Hawks- Deeeez Knicks
Charlotte Hornets- br7knicks
Miami Heat- Spree8
Orlando Magic- j4remi
Washington Wizards- greenie


WESTERN CONFERENCE


Denver Nuggets- Manhattan Project
Minnesota Timberwolves- Fury
Oklahoma City Thunder- Bwgood77/Slicin N Dicin
Portland Trailblazers- Jose7
Utah Jazz- LJ4PointPlay

Golden State Warriors- Magnumt
Los Angeles Clippers- Knicksfan20
Los Angeles Lakers- Mecca
Phoenix Suns- Knicksfan1992
Sacramento Kings- OnTheWagon

Dallas Mavericks- Smash3
Houston Rockets- NYKnicksTAPE
Memphis Grizzlies- Mpharris
New Orleans Pelicans- Pelifan
San Antonio Spurs- NewEra

Waiting list:

ibraheim718

[El Poochio]

Bwgood is so lucky and I bet he has no idea why

[bishnykfan]

GREENIE... We already know who the first pick is.

Come on Ill...first post in the draft thread instead of the discussion thread where it belongs?? Rookie move!

Please delete it to keep that thread clean!

[IllmaticHandler]

GREENIE... We already know who the first pick is.

Come on Ill...first post in the draft thread instead of the discussion thread where it belongs?? Rookie move!

Please delete it to keep that thread clean!

did not realize

[mpharris36]

i don't mind a bottom 10 pick with the new format. Lets see how we build

[Smash3]

Rookie mistake 2

[Mecca]

29th pick. Yikes

[AmazingJason]

29th pick. Yikes

30th here

Who will be my David Lee?

[bishnykfan]

The draft officially begins at Noon tomorrow.

Please delete all sigs.

[NewEra]

23rd pick. I love it! Unpredictable.

Let's see who drops to me.

[AmazingJason]

23rd pick. I love it! Unpredictable.

Let's see who drops to me.

Maybe it'll be one of the guys in your sig

[NewEra]

23rd pick. I love it! Unpredictable.

Let's see who drops to me.

Maybe it'll be one of the guys in your sig

lol you're quick. Deleted.

[spree8]

17th? Right smack in the middle every round...that shyts daaaaaank!

[JustCame]

27? )=

GL to everybody.

[NewEra]

Bwgood is so lucky and I bet he has no idea why

Greenie Actually got the #1 pick. Congrats to her! I'd be very surprised if she passes on the obvious Eddy Curry for her favorite Eddy Curry

[Jose7]

My highest pick ever. Never gotten the chance to build around a top 15 pick.

[Mecca]

This is the most veteran packed BAT ever. Will definitely be competitve

[El Poochio]

Bwgood is so lucky and I bet he has no idea why

Greenie Actually got the #1 pick. Congrats to her! I'd be very surprised if she passes on the obvious Eddy Curry for her favorite Eddy Curry

I wont be surprised at all, thats what I expect, Greenie aint no sheep and she absolutely hates that Eddy Curry

[NewEra]

Bwgood is so lucky and I bet he has no idea why

Greenie Actually got the #1 pick. Congrats to her! I'd be very surprised if she passes on the obvious Eddy Curry for her favorite Eddy Curry

I wont be surprised at all, thats what I expect, Greenie aint no sheep and she absolutely hates that Eddy Curry

Pooch it's too early for pitching mind games. She WILL select the obvious Eddy Curry. Whether you like him or not, you pick him and figure it out later. It's a no brainer when it comes to him.

Glad to have you back btw